1976 All-Star Game
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The 1976 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 13, 1976. The National League won the forty-seventh midsummer classic by a score of 7 to 1. The game was held at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, PA in front of 63,974 fans. The MVP was George Foster of the Reds.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Darrell Johnson and coaches Gene Mauch and Frank Robinson.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Sparky Anderson and coaches John McNamara and Danny Ozark.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| American League | Batting Order | National League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Ron LeFlore | OF | Detroit Tigers | 1 | Pete Rose | 3B | Cincinnati Reds | ||
| Rod Carew | 1B | Minnesota Twins | 2 | Steve Garvey | 1B | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
| George Brett | 3B | Kansas City Royals | 3 | Joe Morgan | 2B | Cincinnati Reds | ||
| Thurman Munson | C | New York Yankees | 4 | George Foster | OF | Cincinnati Reds | ||
| Fred Lynn | OF | Boston Red Sox | 5 | Greg Luzinski | OF | Philadelphia Phillies | ||
| Toby Harrah | SS | Texas Rangers | 6 | Johnny Bench | C | Cincinnati Reds | ||
| Rusty Staub | OF | Detroit Tigers | 7 | Dave Kingman | OF | New York Mets | ||
| Bobby Grich | 2B | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | Dave Concepcion | SS | Cincinnati Reds | ||
| Mark Fidrych | P | Detroit Tigers | 9 | Randy Jones | P | San Diego Padres | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 13, 1976 at Veterans Stadium (63974), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| National | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | x | 7 | 10 | 0 |
Pitchers
American: Mark Fidrych (L) - Catfish Hunter - Luis Tiant - Frank Tanana
National: Randy Jones (W) - Tom Seaver - John Montefusco - Rick Rhoden - Ken Forsch
Home Runs
American: Fred Lynn (4th)
National: George Foster (3rd), Cesar Cedeno (8th)
Umpires
HP: Harry Wendelstedt, 1B: Jerry Neudecker, 2B: Andy Olsen, 3B: Don Denkinger, LF: Satch Davidson, RF: Jim Evans
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